Wrapup: What Sony Announced at E3

All three press conferences have come and gone, and Sony ended with a few bangs. We saw some new game announcements, updates on existing ones, and hints of what's to come for the PlayStation Network and Home.

All three press conferences have come and gone, and Sony ended with a few bangs. We saw some new game announcements, updates on existing ones, and hints of what's to come for the PlayStation Network and Home.

Jack Tretton started the show off with a new trailer for Resistance 2, showing a large Chimera monster destroying a building as the player ran through it. The conference went on to cleverly present Sony's sales numbers using a custom-made LittleBigPlanet stage to demonstrate them rather than a stuffy old PowerPoint presentation. Cute move. As part of the LittleBigPowerPoint, Sony unveiled the new greatest hits line-up for PlayStation 3, starting with 10 of the most popular titles for the price of $29.99. Finally, LittleBigPlanet was confirmed for October of this year.

Moving on to the PlayStation 2, the company talked up the 130 new titles coming this year, along with a new bundle that will include Lego Batman and the animated movie Justice League: The New Frontier. Not to be outdone, the PlayStation Portable is getting a new bundle pack with Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, a voucher for the downloadable game Echochrome, a 1GB memory stick, and a UMD of National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets. Finally, the PlayStation 3 is getting double the storage space with an 80GB unit for $399, the previous price for the 40GB model.

On the PlayStation Network side, we got the first (official) confirmation of Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty, a PSN downloadable title that builds on the story of Ratchet & Clank Future. It promises more puzzle and adventure elements built upon the same basic Ratchet feel, in a bite-sized game for $14.99. Tretton also promised that Home is still on the way, along with teasing that trophies will be rewarding in "unique ways."

For video entertainment, the company outlined GTTV from Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, and said it will go live August 1. And of course, the company outlined its talked-about video download service, which goes live tonight and will grant access to a wide variety of TV shows and movies. One pleasant surprise is that content downloaded from the PlayStation Store on your PC or PS3 can also be transferred to your PlayStation Portable for on-the-go viewing.